'Spoiled' teenage beauty queen sues U.S. Wife Swap for £60m after show 'ruined her life'

A teenage beauty queen who was portrayed as a spoiled brat on the U.S. reality show Wife Swap is suing for more than £60m - saying her life has been ruined.

Alicia Guastaferro, 18, claims she suffered panic attacks and suicidal tendencies after appearing on the programme.

The blonde teenager became a hate figure after saying on the show: 'I do feel sorry for people that are not gorgeous people.'

'Spoilt brat': Teenage beauty queen Alicia Guastaferro is suing the makers of U.S. Wife Swap for £60m for 'ruining her life'

Guastaferro claims in her lawsuit that programme makers ABC and its parent company Walt Disney deliberately staged scenes in the show to 'maximise her embarrassment.'

Guastaferro says she was forced to change schools after the 2008 programme because she was constantly ridiculed by other students and had even received death threats.

In opening scenes of the episode - where Guastaferro's mother changes places with a dowdy ultra-feminist - the then 15-year-old is described as a 'perfect pageant princess' whose family spends more than a $100,000 per year to turn her into the ultimate beauty queen.